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` @uitrit tartes' tnt @frn j JOHNSON KITCHEN, WILLIAM'- KITCHEN, AND .sAMUEIA SAMUEUS.,V OF

ACCRINGTON, ENGLAND. u t l f 'Letters Patent No. F11,392, dans Novembr 2 6, 1867.-

IMPROVE RAILWAY-CAR BRAKE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: i'

Be it known that wc,'J. KITCHEN, W.KrTC unN, and S. SAMUELS, all 'of` AccringtonLLancaster county,` England, have invented, an4 Improved Railway-Brake; and we do hereby dcclareithe folloiving-tofbe a full,` clear, and exact description of the same. i l j j i i Our invention consists of a screw-shaft, which turns in bearings secured'to the frame of'arzar or,ti"ack,i: andl avnut, which is connected by certain arms and lovers, fully described hereafter, to theusual brakes',iso `that the latter can be brought to bear against or canbc moved away from the ivheels by operatingthe said`shaft. .t

In 'order to enable others skilled in the'arttomake and ,use our invention, we ivill nowproccedto descr its construction and operation, reference bcingh'ad to the accompanying drawing,` which` forins a parl; o ffthis` specification, and in whichj A f j i i' Figure Iis a sectional elevation of part of a-railway-car or truck with our improved brakegap d thesaineff;

Figure 2, a plan view of fig. 1. j

`Figure 3, a detached view, partly 4in section, draw-n Ato an enlarged scale; land Q t i.

Figure 4, a plan View of Apart of iig. f l j vA is the frame of a car or truck, the Wheels, B B, of `which are secured to axles, C G, `tuxningin hang S, D D, attached to the frame, the brakes F F being suspended in' the usual manner opposite the treadsgof.the` Wheels. In hangers= X, secured tothe frame A,turns.a shaft,- to the opposite endsjofvrh'` n ar "secured" rock-arms; a a, and to each larm are jointed rods, b Z1, eachof which is cor'11`1ected`o`.t its posi I V l thebrakes F. In bearings von the frame turns a shaft,v Gr, at the centrepart `o fnlhic Y l j thelatter is adapted a nut, e, pins at the `sides of which project into slotsinfthe `f t securedv tothe shaft H. To oneend of the vs liaftlir is coupled, bya uniyer'sallj nt',

in the upper edge of which Aisa-groove, "x, andA itrthe `oppositecndo th shaf tion of a. rod, (similar to* the rod JQ) lsecured to the shaft of another car',.,a pi n,` into the groove w. When a rotary motion is imparted to thcshaft '(Jr'thegnutieV c, the shaft H is turned, and the brakesare moved to or from .the wheels`. i`Wl1`en a number of c are co ple together, forming'a train, the rod J of the shaft of one carpwill `project into the opening Vlmfoffthe shaft of.' e adjacent car, as show n in iig. 3, so that a rotary motion imparted to one shaft ivill besimultaneously communi-` catedto all the others, and it will beseen that, in consequence of themannerin,which` the shaftsare coupled, they can be turned together as readily when the cars are on a. curved part of the track as 4when they arein j. j, line with eachother, while the usual slight movements of the'cars to and fromeaclrotherin` no mannerinte 5 1, j' fere with the turning of the shafts and operation of the brakes. 'j

" The shafts may be operated by brahesmen` stationed on the cars or trucks, or.` they may bemoperatedby power derived from the locomotive engine or from supplementary steam-cylinders placed on the engine orA tender.

' We claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent`- l ,l

The screw-shaft G,\ vith its nut e, arranged and operating ou a'caror truck, in combination with the shaft H, `its arm I, connected to the nut e, and its arms a a, connected to the brakes ofjthe car, all as setforthl. j

In testimony whereofwc have hereunto signed ourl namesto this specification `inthe p'rcsenceof tn 'o subscribing Witnesses. v

JOHNSON KITCHEN, j Y WILLIAM` KITCHEN; Witnesses: SAMUEL SAMUELS;` l

R. DALRYMPLE,

THOMAS KITCHEN. 

